PISCATAWAY, N.J. - The Rutgers men's soccer team is back out on the road this weekend as the Scarlet Knights return to Big Ten play at Wisconsin on Sunday at 2 p.m.

HOW TO WATCH
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BACK TO B1G PLAY
The Rutgers men's soccer team is back to Big Ten action after a 3-2 loss to Drexel on Tuesday night. The Scarlet Knights found themselves with an early lead against the Dragons and fought back to make it a 2-2 game midway through the first half, but an own goal in the second half halted RU's chances of putting together back-to-back wins in the setback.

Rutgers junior forward Jordan Hall scored his seventh goal of the season three minutes into the contest with a free kick to give the Scarlet Knights the early 1-0 lead.

It was two restart situations, however, that gave the Dragons a 2-1 edge by the game's eighth minute.

The Scarlet Knights bounced back and tied the match up at 2-2 in the 21st minute. RU maintained possession after a corner kick at the far side of the field and redshirt senior Miles Hackett kept the ball in play along the end line. Hackett delivered the ball back to freshman Andrew Murray, who buried his first collegiate goal from eight yards out.
 
Drexel's game-winner came off an own goal. The Dragon's Chris Donovan crossed the ball in front of Rutgers goal where the ball was inadvertently knocked in by the Scarlet Knights trying to get it to keeper Rafael Pereira.

ABOUT WISCONSIN
The Badgers welcome the Scarlet Knights to Wisconsin sporting a 5-4-2 overall mark and 2-1-0 record in Big Ten action. 

Wisconsin is receiving votes in this week's United Soccer Coaches Poll following a 1-0 upset of No. 5 Michigan State in overtime last Sunday.

More recently, the Badgers battled Milwaukee to a double overtime 0-0 draw on Wednesday.

Freshman forward Andrew Akindele leads Wisconsin on the stat sheet with six points (2G, 2A), while redshirt senior forward Isaac Schlenker is the only other Badger with more than a goal on the year with two scores under his belt.

In goal, junior Dean Cowdroy has patrolled the net all season long capturing five shutouts and a 0.93 goals against average. He is holding down a .776 save percentage.

B1G STATS
Thanks to his first multiple goal outing as a Scarlet Knight last Sunday at Ohio State and an early tally against Drexel on Tuesday, Jordan Hall has totaled seven goals on the season to lead all Big Ten scorers.

Hall sits in first place in scoring ahead of Michigan's Umar Farouk Osman and Indiana's Andrew Gutman with six goals each thru 10 games.

Hall's name is also found second in the league in shots (29), shots per game (2.90), points (15) and points per game (1.50).

IN THE CLASSROOM
The Rutgers men's soccer team was honored with the United Soccer Coaches Team Academic Award for the 2017-18 academic year, it was announced on Thursday by the organization.

The Scarlet Knights have earned the team academic award from the coaches association for the fifth-straight year and in seven of the last eight seasons.

Rutgers men's soccer was one of a total of 773 collegiate soccer teams (289 men, 484 women) who posted a 3.0 or higher grade point average during the 2017-18 academic year. Both the RU men's and women's soccer teams earned the award, one of 191 schools with both their men's and women's programs recognized.

Also during the 2017-18 academic year, men's soccer placed 10 members on the Big Ten All-Academic Team and four members of the roster earned Big Ten Distinguished Scholar honors for achieving a grade point average of 3.7 or higher, including current Scarlet Knights Joe Bruno (electrical engineering), Alex Kaczynski (labor studies & employment relations) and Brian Shushkovsky (finance).

ALUMNI UPDATE
Entering this weekend, former Scarlet Knight Mitch Taintor has appeared in and started 30 matches for Sacramento Republic FC in 2018 and helped the squad qualify for the USL Playoffs.  On Wednesday, Sacramento solidified their third-place standing in the West with a 3-1 win over Swope Park. The club will face the LA Galaxy II on October 6 in their final game of the season.  A win will secure a top-four finish for Republic FC, and in turn, home field advantage when the playoffs kickoff on October 20.

UP NEXT
Following Sunday's matchup with the Badgers, Rutgers returns home to Yurcak Field for a pair of contests next week. RU will host Howard on Tuesday and Northwestern on Friday. Both games kickoff at 7 p.m.

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